Les Nubians - Tabou ft Black Thought of The Roots

[Nina513]

This callabo is still so ill so many years later...

Classic.

[groovyboy59]

Hell, I'm in France and they're not popular... You foreign guys have good tastes ;)

[debayanbanerjee]

I envy ppl who are now probably are in their 30's or 40's who got to see such great stuff on TV and radio and here we are stuck with soulja boy.

[meantwintoo]

their voices are just beautiful, harmony, great pitch. great singers!

[bzblackjacksmooth]

damn smoking a fattie n this shit is niiiiice

[groovyboy59]

that's what I call true African Beauty and talent. We miss you, come back pleaaase

[jazzy7543]

Yay, a Les Nubians song that I can sing along with in English :P

Les Nubians are amazing

[agilefalcon]

This track would make anyone dance, sway to the music, I feel it.

[adhinours]

j'adore !!!!!

[ClosetDork88]

This has always been one of my favourite Les Nubians jams.. I paid a fair bit of money for this on vinyl.. See-through vinyl.. Well worth it :)

[locceddiva1920]

I love this one!

[rykkmia]

hot remake of sweetest taboo!

[Harrower13]

I love the little tribal touches to their makeup. It suits them well.

[Ckimoun]

jme lasserai jamais de ce son!!!Big tchunes!!!!!!!

[kazador255]

This track´s got incredible beats. The bass sound is incredible. Try to listen it on a high end sound system....be it on your car or home....It sound incredibly.

[kazador255]

Illest track dawg!!!!

Straight from les Francois banlieus!!!!

Les Nubians

[HipHopHead15]

too smooth for words,black thought one of the illes tthta eve rdid it

[essyayen]

thanks for posting. great songgggg

[speeches]

rhine stones on face? huh.....ok?

[chocokat303]

@speeches that's actually paint; they're just representing their culture.

[speeches]

@chocokat303 yea what ever. you are cute...

[chocokat303]

@speeches lol Thank you.

[speeches]

@chocokat303 yea what ever. you are cute...

[steamyboy69]

what'S this? a french version of Sade's tabou, cooL!

[IRERI1000]

tres bon!!! iko sawa

[pionyang]

buen tema.

[cellovidaloka]

so me tras lembranças boas demais

[phrenchguy02]

man, this is just such a smooth track. I'm at work doing some paperwork right now, but this track makes it go so much smoother.

[stanis3k]

this was/is my fucking jam!!!!!

[BADBOYKILLANI99AS]

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL LES NUBIANS

[jasjoh25]

Ces femmes sont impressionnantes!!!

[flownaldo]

des bons souvenirs

[freshgoodies]

damn! i cant stop to listening this song

I LOVE LES NUBIANS !

si si ça c de la musique :)

[musiqnatik]

I cant believe this song is almost 10 years old! It sounds like it could have come out 10 minutes ago on the old school R&B station b/c the mainstream ones dont play good music no more.

[Applebaum]

I wanna go back in time....we seemed to start to like our natural black selves alot more then.

[Acin101]

this song so delicate and jazzy gives me a nice feeling, all the garbage rap about their car's rim and money dose'nt do anything for me, but this song places me in a positve mood, that's what real music is suppose to do.

[RCBIFE]

AMEN! AMEN! & AMEN!

[krutarth108]

I love people like you

[swthornyhoney]

i get gooseflesh everytime i hear a song like this one by the roots good performance les nubians as well "the roots" y'all.. what else can i say..this is the real real hip hop compared to all of that garbage that goes around today somebody out there knows what i mean if they feelin me now. gangsta rap ain't the shit

[groovyboy59]

j'aime énormément cette chanson, de la vraie soul comme rarement on en ferait aujourd'hui. C'est très représentatif de la musique des années 90... elles ont du talent et elles le prouvent bien en travaillant avec des personnes de renommée internationale. bravo les filles et continuez comme ça. il manque de la musique comme ça dans le monde d'aujourd'hui. revenez-nous vite pour mettre un peu de baume dans nos coeurs ;)

[StoicTwo]

This song is for a chick I really care about "Edom". Can you hear me!

-StoicOne!

[StoicTwo]

Hey haha you could just blow me who every gave me a thumbs down!

-StoicTwo!

[StoicTwo]

Haaaaa, ok now fuck you who ever gave me a thumbs down, damn just enjiy the video and go on about you life punk!

-StoicOne!

[lavasha2007]

dis song brings tears 2 my eyes til this day

[coachurly]

Let's get stoned off this laid back track.

[Ambrol]

The Roots, the Roots, the Roots yeah! What else?

[JAYLIB03]

I miss this shit. Brings tears to my eyes compared to all the Garbage today.

[tech4156]

for real miss these days, smooth relaxing music. nowadays u cant play certain tunes in front of children

[crazycoconut123]

Thank you for posting this! : ) Thank you Les Nubians for giving your music to the world! It is real, it's poetic, soulful... La musique est vraiment mon sweetest tabou, dans cette chanson qui me transporte depuis des années, vous avez exprimé ce que je ressens depuis toujours... Excellent cover of Sade's song... Simply amazing...

[oliviathai]

the sweetest taboooo :)

[eschamion]

chek out the ep they have with this and other singles and remix's...has like 6 or 7 nice tracks on it

[addictivelove244]

I love the sade cover its truly exqusite and beautiful I love Les nubians!

[tech4156]

this is weed music and music you can seduce with.

[tech4156]

this comes under jazz u stupid fuck.

Get ur act together u dumbass.

[taaffeman121]

eh on dat would be soul!

[rectifiedspirit]

Why would anyone listen to heavy metal and all of that demented aggressive crap when you can listen to real music that is soothing and touching like this? I feel blessed to be able to appreciate soul.

[tech4156]

totally agree.

[kamialah]

This my jamn.

[moriabsarah]

(this little part)

J'ai tout fait pour y croire

Mais mon tabou me rend trop égoïste

Chaque jour sans toi,

Me rappelle a ma douce folie

I've done everything to believe this

but my taboo makes me so selfish

every day without you

I recall my mild insanity

[moriabsarah]

second verse: Like a storm it floods my heart, my being it's a mystery that drives me crazy a universe where day and night are mixed up where anything is possible that's my taboo music gives me the sweetest taboo against my will, it creeps in between us your music, your music is my sweetest taboo sometimes I feel it's just too good for me

[moriabsarah]

Lyrics to first verse:

If my craziness makes you feel despair

I don't want it

I never wanted to hurt you

If you knew how many of my desires make me suffer

I don't want them

I fight myself against those things

music gives me the sweetes taboo

your music, your music is my sweetest taboo

[MXGRICE]

AAHH yess tha soul muziq in which we seeKk, I luV dis song itz soooothing 2 my ear. Tha nu6ians r beautiful with their african gear its colorful ya kkno i give dem respect.

[IntlMusicLover]

This is hot! Jus love me some Black Thought, yo!

[ShardonayCherie]

they are singing the exact same words sade sings but in french

[nwulphie43]

they r? but i thought they were saying sumthing like the "music", or "ur music" is the sweetest taboo

[Bonitaymorena]

@ShardonayCherie no there not their singing their own lyrics. Moriabsarah translated them read the comment. Their good singers and song writers so when they have to change it up. I understand french a bit because i took it in school for years. The only sing the chorus the same as Sade but the verses are different.

[SouljaSlash]

classic

[SouljaSlash]

classic

[OpeNSouL]

These sisters are really doing it for me ... I love their song Makeda too. Music transcends all lines be it language, race or culture. I lie ?

[tech4156]

cant understand but fukin beautiful, im gonna get their album.

[minlat28]

ty yatoo77 where is sade we miss her!

[TruChemistree]

this shit smooth..like henny on the rocks.

[LovelyChamien]

uhmm, Les Nubians are not French. They are french-Cameroonian.

[nwulphie43]

srry, i have no idea wut that means. wuts Cameroonian?

Also, anyone kno a website that can help translate these words for me?  my french isnt too good

[Bonitaymorena]

@nwulphie43 Their half African (Cameroonian) half French. Their mama is Cameroonian and their dad is French.

[haitianking1084]

Origial and fresh! It's just a shame they don't get a lot of radio play in the USA

[xxdesmus]

what a great chill song...thanks

[Yatoo77]

it's a french version of sade's One and with Black Thought, it's simply magic

One question : Where is Sade ?

[SidewalksOfNY315]

I cant understand what they are saying either, but its not stopping me from nodding my head! LOLL! Black Thought comes through with the lyrics as usual.

[crucial202]

I have loved this song since day 1 !

[niqueloc]

les nubians r french

[treble905]

sick song

i dont understand a word tho :(

[nwulphie43]

HAHA me too

[Purepechacoco]

For my baby-

[Purepechacoco]

This song goes out to my love Georges Bitar, he is my sweetest tabou, and he is too good for me. I love you baby.

-Eskimo

[pitchblack3d]

Love this song But I want Sade Back!!!

[NVRanks]

YES!!

[ronalginho]

es la cancion de sade ?  sade's song? is good for me.. bkn the roots too

[casanovafly2000]

i dont know what the fuck they sayin gbut this song is smooth as fuck DAMN where this song been  lol

[POW187]

Beautiful music

[SouljaSlash]

ill

[tasha1985]

this my song beautiful

[soulwomen]

J'adore cette chanson, à chaque fois que je l'écoute j'ai des frissons ! Les Nubians sont vraiment de vraies artistes de part leur textes , par leur mélodies envoutantes et de part leur styles ! Les NUBIANS je vous adore !!!

[Chokolaa]

J'aime trop ce groupe : original & vrai tout simplement!! :D

[funkysoul75]

Les nubians ! trop fortes ! vous representez trop bien le cameroun !

continuez comme ca !